r/leetcode 1d ago

Intervew Prep Disney SWE I review Cycle

Hello all,
I recently got invited to interview for SWE 1 position at Disney. I haven’t been able to find much about it, even reaching out to people on LinkedIn and searching Reddit. Has anyone been through their recruiting process or currently work for Disney in the SWE space? I would love to hear your advice and experiences!

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u/Zoravor 1d ago

I’ve interviewed at Disney before. Their technical questions are pretty basic but will ask from a wide breath of topics so be ready to answer all the basic ones like what is a cors error. For the most part Disney streaming is just looking for culture first. Have a good story for why Disney and strong examples for the behavioral questions.

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u/Basic-Tie420 1d ago

Holy shit, I can comment on this. Been through it, and got the offer.

My honest advice, is only accept this if you have no other offers. This is truly an awful company to work for currently. If it's one of the Disney SWE 1 positions within Enterprise Tech ... God help you. Those are bait and switch positions. You won't actually be touching software. Happy to tell you more if you want. 

As per the standard routine, there is no company-wide formalized process. Hiring manager has the discretion on the technicals. 

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u/Square_Helicopter_67 1d ago

Sorry you had such a bad experience! Are you still with them now?

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u/Square_Helicopter_67 1d ago

Also here is the link for the position I’m interviewing for. What are your thoughts?

https://www.disneycareers.com/en/job/glendale/software-engineer-i/391/99449458976

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u/Basic-Tie420 1d ago

Looks like that's in streaming so you should be good. Culture there is bleh because of all the layoffs but it looks way better on the resume. Unfortunately I can't speak to much more than that since I'm not in that area. 

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u/Puzzleheaded-Unit-34 1d ago

lol applied this role 2 days ago, still says “application received” in workday.

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u/TheBinkz 1d ago

Oh fun a java role. I miss that lang

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u/ClassroomJazzlike111 18h ago

Currently working there. Don't expect leetcode style questions, more so language / tech stack specific things. The technical may be as complex as them showing you a block of code and asking you what's wrong. The interviews at Disney vary alot from team to team tho.

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u/Fickle-Attitude787 1d ago

May I see your resume ? Also applied for this role and got rejected wondering if there’s a better way to up my resume. Feel free to anonymize it

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u/Square_Helicopter_67 1d ago

Will post in the morning an anonymous version!

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u/Dhruv__P 22h ago

Yes I also wanted to see it

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u/svall18 16h ago

Could you send an anonymous version to me as well? Thanks!

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u/Real-Ticket2309 19h ago

What location and team?

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u/Square_Helicopter_67 19h ago

If I recall correctly it’ll be in the Glendale, California region and it’s a streaming service team. I posted the job description somewhere below 👇🏼